Power Plants Near 50483 — Wesley, IA

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50483 (Wesley, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0977, -94.0038 · County: Kossuth

Wind 71%Natural Gas 20%Oil 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
8.2 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
9.5 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
10.1 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
11.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
12.0 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
15.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
16.5 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
17.2 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
19.1 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
19.1 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
21.1 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
21.8 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
22.5 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
23.0 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.5 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
24.2 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
26.8 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
27.1 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
27.9 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
28.5 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.0 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
32.3 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
32.4 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
33.6 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
35.5 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
35.9 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.8 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
36.9 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
38.8 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
38.9 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
39.3 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
39.3 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
39.8 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
39.9 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
41.3 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.6 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.0 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
44.1 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
44.3 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
45.1 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
45.4 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
45.8 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.1 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
46.8 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
47.2 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.0 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.3 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
48.5 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
49.4 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
50.0 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Wesley, Iowa (ZIP 50483), with a combined 3,454 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 33 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Plum Creek Wind at 5.7 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Iowa, visit the Iowa state page.

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